He also thanked State Coroner Michael Barnes for conducting the inquest.

"Wendy, Lorraine and their loved ones deserved another chance to get answers. That's why I requested the inquest be set up," Mr Bleijie said.

"I know the pain and loss will never go away but I hope the hearings brought some form of relief.

"Shedding new light on a 39-year-old crime was always going to be difficult, but the Coroner and everyone involved worked tirelessly to try to find out what happened.

"I acknowledge today's findings and echo the Coroner's disgust and sorrow at what befell these poor women."

UPDATE 1.30pm: There is not significant evidence to commit anyone still alive to trial for the brutal murders of Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans, State Coroner Michael Barnes has found.

But Mr Barnes found the only man with enough evidence linking him to the deaths is now dead.

Ms Wilson and Ms Evans went missing in 1974 and their remains were found in bushland at Murphy's Creek two years later.

Their remains showed they were subjected to severe head trauma and had their legs tied together with cord.

An inquest into the unsolved murders has heard the girls were raped, beaten and left for dead in a rural paddock.
Mr Barnes delivered his findings into the deaths this afternoon.

He found there was significant evidence implicating Wayne "Boogie" Hilton in the women's deaths.

Mr Barnes said there was persuasive evidence a group of young men, including members of the Laurie and Hilton families, would prowl the streets of Toowoomba assaulting men and forcing women to have sex.

"It is more likely than not Wendy Evans and Lorraine Wilson tragically stumbled into this putrid pool of miscreants and were killed by them, he said.